How to Install and Uninstall radeontool Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the radeontool on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "radeontool" package

This is a short guide on how to install radeontool on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                radeontool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "radeontool" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall radeontool on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the radeontool package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: radeontool
Source: radeontool (1.6.3-1)
Version: 1.6.3-1+b1
Installed-Size: 318
Maintainer: Luigi Gangitano
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpciaccess0 (>= 0.8.0+git20071002)
Description: utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops
Description-md5: 9dab5a1be3d1bdd33ce8c52abf042cd3
Tag: hardware::laptop, hardware::video, implemented-in::c,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/radeontool/radeontool_1.6.3-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 74146
MD5sum: 916fce7ee36f680a2c17aba08be65dc8
SHA256: 41fc26a39ff4c847049aefbdf0ae79b69ec02f2b834dc8bbf2b97e18c75dbf10